Category Archives: Canadian Press
Man who stood up to mosque gunman probably saved lives
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - When the gunman advanced toward the mosque, killing those in his path, Abdul Aziz didn’t hide. Instead, he picked up the first thing he could find, a credit card mach...
Mar 16, 2019
'RUN!': NZ shooting victims recount horror, mourn the lost
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - They had walked that once innocuous stretch of sidewalk side-by-side so many times. Every Friday, Yasir Amin and his dad had ambled along the path toward the mosque where t...
Mar 16, 2019
French yellow vests clash with police in Paris
PARIS - French yellow vest protesters have clashed with riot police near the Arc de Triomphe on the 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. Protesters threw smoke bo...
Mar 16, 2019
New Zealand shooter steeped attack in dark internet culture
SAN FRANCISCO - The suspected New Zealand shooter carefully modeled his attack for an internet age. He live-streamed the massacre, shouted out a popular meme slogan and published a long, rambling mani...
Mar 16, 2019
Trump answers rebuke of border order with a veto
WASHINGTON - Unbowed by a congressional rebuke, President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday in a demonstration that he is not through fighting for his signature campaign p...
Mar 16, 2019

As Brexit stalls, supporters protest betrayal of their dream
SUNDERLAND, England - With Britain’s departure from the European Union likely to be put on hold, some Brexit supporters fear their dream is dying. But they aren’t giving up without a fight...
Mar 16, 2019
Trump downplays white nationalism threat after massacre
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump played down any threat posed by white nationalism after the gunman accused of the New Zealand mosque massacre called the president “a symbol of renewed white id...
Mar 16, 2019
New US military budget focused on China despite border talk
WASHINGTON - Chinese bombers. Chinese hypersonic missiles. Chinese cyberattacks. Chinese anti-satellite weapons. To a remarkable degree, the 2020 Pentagon budget proposal is shaped by national securit...
Mar 16, 2019

Beyond veto: Trump seeks more workarounds to avoid Congress
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s first veto was more than a milestone. It signals a new era of ever perilous relations between the executive and legislative branches of government. Trump...
Mar 16, 2019
No winning ticket for Friday night's $25.8 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $25.8 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Mar. 22 will be approximately $36 million. The Ca...
Mar 16, 2019